Khloe Kardashian has responded to reports that Donald Trump called her a âfat pigletâ during her time on âCelebrity Apprenticeâ in 2009.
âFor Trump or any human being to judge someone off looks alone ... I think thatâs really immature and cruel,â the 32-year-old said in an interview with Extra on Monday. âHow am I dragged into everything?â
Last week, multiple sources told The Huffington Post that the Republican presidential nominee called the reality star âthe ugly Kardashian,â in addition to the âfat pigletâ comment, and did all he could to kick her off âApprentice.â
âWhen they fired [her], it wasnât on merit,â an editor told The Huffington Post. âIt was on him not liking her.â
On Thursday, The Daily Beast learned that Trump also repeatedly referred to actress Marlee Matlin, who is deaf, as âretardedâ during her âCelebrity Apprenticeâ tenure (something heâs said about a number of people). Matlin issued a statement about reports on Friday, calling the term âabhorrent.â
âSo, whatâs my response? Itâs not about insults or taking each other down,â the actress said. âAs a person who is Deaf, as a woman, as a mom, as a wife, as an actor. I have a voice. And Iâm using that voice to make myself heard ... and vote.â
The GOP candidate also referred to Lil Jon as âUncle Tomâ during his time on the show. The rapper confirmed the incident with Trump and said that he quickly corrected the former reality TV host after it occurred.
âWhen this âUncle Tomâ incident happened on âCelebrity Apprenticeâ in the boardroom several of my cast mates and I addressed Mr. Trump immediately when we heard the comment,â Lil Jon said in a statement on Twitter Friday. âI canât say if he knew what he was actually saying or not but he did stop using that term once we explained itâs offensiveness.â
The rapper added, âI also want to be clear that I donât agree with many of the statements Mr. Trump has said during his current run for president.â
Editorâs note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims â 1.6 billion members of an entire religion â from entering the U.S.